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Old New Land
	Herzl, Theodor (edited by Jacques Kornberg) Subject: Middle East, World History, World Literature, Jewish Studies	The first publication of Old New Land in 1902 forever altered the world’s perception of the Middle East. The book was a nineteenth-century utopian blueprint for a modern state of Israel. There were Jewish settlers in Palestine, and zionist ideas … More Information

Olympia: Cult, Sport, and Ancient Festival
	Sinn, Ulrich (translated by Thomas Thornton) Subject: World History	In antiquity, Olympia stood for sports. A victory at the Olympic games led to lifelong honors and often to a political career and wealth. Alexander the Great and other kings and emperors as well as wealthy and powerful men and … More Information

Once Jews: Stories of Caribbean Sephardim
	Goldish, Josette Capriles Subject: Caribbean, Religion,Jeiwsh Studies	Honorable Mention, Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA) Book Award Committee The phrase “I am Catholic, but I am Jewish” may seem contradictory to some, but in the Caribbean islands and the countries of the Caribbean periphery, there … More Information

One Frenchman, Four Revolutions: General Ferrand and the Peoples of the Caribbean
	Picó, Fernando Subject: Caribbean	This book is about the world in which the French general Marie-Louis Ferrand thrived and in which he ultimately lost his life. He can be seen as an overarching link between the four revolutions from 1775 to 1825 through which … More Information

The Ottoman Balkans, 1750–1830
	Anscombe, Frederick F. Subject: Europe, Middle East	“The decades after 1750 saw the Ottoman Empire undergo tremendous stresses that culminated in the first stirrings of nationalism among Christian subjects and an irrevocable commitment to reform by the Muslim state. By 1830, Serbs and Greeks had fought successfully … More Information

The Ottoman Empire: A Short History
	Faroqhi, Suraiya (translated by Shelley Frisch) Subject: Middle East	In a concise and colorful style, Suraiya Faroqhi lays out the history of one of the most powerful empires of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern era. At its height, the Ottoman Empire spread over three continents and … More Information

Palabra de Mujer: Historia oral de las directoras de cine mexicanas (1988-1994)
	Arredondo, Isabel Subject: Latin America	“In this compilation of interviews, [Isabel] Arredondo, professor of Latin American literature at SUNY Plattsburgh, documents the importance of allowing women filmmakers to develop their own dialogue about their craft. After an introduction detailing the governmental bureaucracies that control the … More Information

Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoutes
	Diederich, Bernard and Al Burt (foreword by Graham Greene) Subject: Caribbean	Originally published in 1970, this is the story of Haiti under the rule of Dr. François Duvalier. Bernard Diederich lived in Haiti for 14 years and had personal experience of the early Duvalier days and the period of Maloire’s rule. … More Information

Parricide on the Pampa: A New Study and Translation of Los Gauchos Judíos
	Gerchunoff, Alberto (edited by Edna Aizenberg) Subject: Religion, South America	This book presents a radical rereading of Alberto Gerchunoff’s classic Argentinian immigrant saga, Los gauchos judíos (The Jewish Gauchos; 1910). This collection of stories about early 20th-century agricultural colonies founded by persecuted Eastern Europeans Jews on the pampa has been … More Information

Passage from Home: The Erotic Awakening of a Young Intellectual
	Rosenfeld, Isaac (edited by Jonathan D. Sarna; introduction by Mark Shechner) Subject: World Literature	This outstanding family novel, set in a Jewish neighborhood of Chicago, is “the fullest articulation of the generational conflict between Jewish fathers and [sins],” writes Alexander Bloom in his 1986 book Prodigal Sons. The central character, a 15-year-old boy in … More Information